Vol. 89 No. 2 (2018)

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Published: 29-06-2018

  • Preparing  for the Decade of Healthy Aging (2020-2030): prevention plus therapy?

    Domenico Cucinotta
    145-147
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v89i2.7402

  • Lung function tests to monitor respiratory disease in preschool children

    Valentina Fainardi, Enrico Lombardi
    148-156
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v89i2.7155

  • Project design for surgical department reorganization at hospital-university of Parma

    Antonio Ferrari, Pietro Manotti, Paolo Del Rio, Antonio Balestrino, Massimo Fabi
    165-172
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v89i2.7142

  • The “Canone Inverso”: when tobacco was not so bad. A Look Back at the Primordial Debate on the tobacco effects in the Occupational Medicine

    Silvia Marinozzi, Silvia Iorio, Marta Licata, Matteo Gulino
    173-179
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v89i2.6526

  • Scrambler therapy in the management of somatosensory signs and symptoms related to neuropathic pain: an exploratory and prospective analysis

    Domenico Russo, Federica Zoratto, Gastone Tirocchi, Michela Guarda
    180-185
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v89i2.5704

  • Investigation of the efficacy of generic and brand-name salmeterol/fluticasone combination in the management of asthma: a randomized comparative trial

    Yunes Panahi, Mostafa Ghanei, Hooshyar Maghsoudi, Sara Saffar Soflaei, Amirhossein Sahebkar
    186-192
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v89i2.5411

  • Prevalence of candidemia and associated candida subtypes following severe sepsis in non-neutropenic critically ill patients

    Arefeh Kashiha, Neda Setayesh, Yunes Panahi, Arezoo Ahmadi, Mohammad Soltany-Rezaee-Rad, Atabak Najafi, Mohammad Reza Rouini, Atefeh Namipashaki, Amirhossein Sahebkar, Mojtaba Mojtahedzadeh
    193-202
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v89i2.5385

  • Evaluation of serum Asymmetric Dimethyl Arginine concentrations in coronary artery disease patients without traditional cardiovascular risk factors

    Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan, Nayyereh Ayati, Amirhossein Sahebkar, Mohsen Moohebati, Narjes Ayati, Sepideh Elyasi, Amir Houshang Mohammadpour
    203-208
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v89i2.5335

  • Cystatin C may not be a precious predictor for coronary artery disease and its severity: an area of uncertainty

    Hossein Vakili, Abdollah Mohamadian, Mohammadreza Naderian, Isa Khaheshi
    209-213
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v89i2.5495

  • Beneficial effects of the treatment of iron deficiency on clinical condition, left ventricular function, and quality of life in patients with chronic heart failure

    Ahmad Mirdamadi, Asadolahi Arefeh, Mohammad Garakyaraghi, Ali Pourmoghadas
    214-218
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v89i2.5020

  • Recurrence of prostate cancer after HIFU. Proposal of a novel predictive index

    Umberto Maestroni, Francesco Morandin, Stefania Ferretti, Francesco Dinale, Francesco Ziglioli
    220-226
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v89i2.6730

  • Is it necessary to discontinue metformin in diabetic patients with GFR > 60 ml/min per 1.73 m2 undergoing coronary angiography: A controversy still exists?

    Mohammad Hasan Namazi, Saeed AlipourParsa, Kobra Roohigilani, Morteza Safi, Hossein Vakili, Isa Khaheshi, Fatemeh Abdi, Adel Zare, Shooka Esmaeeli
    227-232
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v89i2.5446

  • Could infantile interactive drawing technique be useful to promote the communication between children with Type-1 diabetes and pediatric team?

    Maurizio Vanelli, Alberto Munari, Donata Fabbri, Brunella Iovane, Chiara Scarabello, Icilio Dodi, Carla Mastrorilli, Valentina Fainardi, Dora Di Mauro, Carlo Caffarelli
    233-241
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v89i2.7172

  • Surgical therapy of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma: our experience

    Francesco Simonacci, Nicolò Bertozzi, Michele Pio Grieco, Eugenio Grignaffini, Edoardo Raposio
    242-248
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v89i2.6189

  • Preliminary report of the characteristics of the upper thigh spur area of the femoral neck in Garden I and II subcapital fractures

    Georgios Touloupakis, Alessio Maione, Maria Gabriella Lettera, Wilfried Stuflesser, Fabrizio Ferrara, Guido Antonini, Cornelio Crippa
    249-254
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v89i2.5660

  • Delayed, diffuse acute peritonitis secondary to misplacement of a cystogastrostomic “pigtail” drain in an outpatient after discharge

    Renato Costi, Alban Zarzavadjian Le Bian, Maria Teresa Mita, Assamoi Brou Fulgence Kassi, Leopoldo Sarli, Vincenzo Violi
    254-259
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v89i2.6721

  • Spot the trachea! A wide paratracheal air cyst of not easy definition

    Ernesto Crisafulli, Chiara Lazzari, Chiara Longo, Nicol Bernardinello, Veronica Alfieri, Alfredo Chetta
    260-261
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v89i2.5610

  • Charles Bonnet syndrome versus Occipital Epilepsy, a diagnostic challenge

    Holta Zhuzhuni, Andrea Nazaret, Lanfranco Iodice, Saverio Celletti, Sabrina Anticoli, Luigi Di Cioccio, Francesco Cipolla
    262-264
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v89i2.6250

  • FNA Cytology in pediatric small cell glioblastoma

    Alexandrai Kalogerak, Dimitrios Tamiolakis, Iris Zoi, Iliana Karvela-Kalogeraki, Mihailos Karvelas-Kalogerakis, John Segredakis, Galateia Datseri
    265-268
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v89i2.5436

  • Periosteal osteoblastoma of the distal fibula with atypical radiological features: a case report.

    Alessio Biazzo, Elisabetta Armiraglio, Antonina Parafioriti, Norberto Confalonieri
    269-273
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v89i2.5278

  • Sexual dysfunction in Neurological disorders: do we see just the tip of the iceberg?

    Rocco Salvatore Calabrò
    274-275
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v89i2.5714

  • Nutritional prevention of cognitive decline and dementia

    Ligia J. Dominguez, Mario Barbagallo
    276-290
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v89i2.7401

  • Biogerontology: research status, challenges and opportunities

    Suresh I.S. Rattan
    291-301
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v89i2.7403

  • The complexity of loneliness

    Javier Yanguas, Sacramento Pinazo-Henandis, Francisco José Tarazona-Santabalbina
    302-314
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v89i2.7404

  • The Italian Code of Medical Deontology. Historical, ethical and legal issues

    Sara Patuzzo, Francesco De Stefano, Rosagemma Ciliberti
    157-164
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v89i2.6674